A different 'super spreader': Facebook struggles with election disinformationThe US nonprofit Avaaz has identified 25 pages in particular, including those of Donald Trump Jr and Eric Trump -- the president's sons -- ...
Mark Zuckerberg defends not suspending ex-Trump aide Steve Bannon from FacebookZuckerberg acknowledged criticism of Facebook by President-elect Joe Biden but said the company shared some of the Biden team's same concer...
Facebook working on 'virality circuit breaker' to identify fake news before it goes viralIt has been employing content moderators to review posts for misinformation and hate speech.
Facebook to warn users who "liked" coronavirus hoaxesFacebook says it will also direct people who engaged with those posts to information about virus myths debunked by the World Health Organiz...
Lessons on RSS for Cadres in Congress PathshalaA capsule on the ideology of ruling Bhartiya Janata Party’s think tank Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh took newly appointed district level cong...
All India United Democratic Front sees conspiracy in NRC draft to lessen Muslim populationWhile All Assam Students Union (Aasu) which led the six year long anti-foreigners stir which culminated in signing of Assam Accord in 1985 ...
A fortnight after deadly attacks, Paris moves towards climate of peaceAfter the November 13 attacks, the government decided not to allow the Paris Climate March, which had been planned for Saturday.
Patent laws: World backs India against ‘bully’ USApprehensive of the US exerting pressure on India to dilute the public health safeguards in its patent laws, organizations from across the ...
US-based NGOs put on watch list were flouting FCRA Act, MHA saysThe Union home ministry defended its decision to put four US-based NGOs on the watch list and subject all foreign contributions received by...
Nitish Kumar in Foreign Policy's Top 100 Global Thinkers listKumar’s remarkable turnaround of Bihar is feted by the magazine, which describes the state as a “wasteland where 100 million people are squ...
- Digvijay questions off-shore funding of Arvind Kejriwal's NGO
Stepping up his attack against Arvind Kejriwal, Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh posed a number of questions to him raising doubts...
- Now, social media powers Lokpal awards
Nominees for Lokpal awards include politicians Kapil Sibal, Lalu Prasad Yadav, Sonia Gandhi, Rajniti Prasad, Abhishek Manu Singhvi, Hamid A...
- Lokpal agitation: In 2 days, 68000 sign up to go to jail
While activist Anna Hazare, Arvind Kejriwal and Kiran Bedi will be present in Mumbai, Prashant Bhushan is expected to hold fort in Delhi. T...
- The Avaaz behind Jan Lokpal Bill jams fax lines
An internet campaign to bombard the PMO, Sonia Gandhi and ministers with appeals supporting the civil society's Jan Lokpal Bill went viral.
Avaaz founder Ricken Patel: The man who gives you your voiceGujarati-origin Ricken Patel, co-founder of Avaaz.org, says he enjoys his work, backing mass movements across the globe, and that included ...
Hazare's fan club grows by leaps and bounds on Facebook, TwitterAnna Hazare's campaign is engulfing the entire nation and people have taken to the streets to express their solidarity for the veteran soci...
- G8 agrees to halve emission by 2050
The United States and other leaders of the Group of Eight (G8) countries meeting in Japan agreed on Tuesday to halve global greenhouse gas ...